This is about preparing for DMA and the likes in other countries.
HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
This is about Revanced, isn’t it? They failed to kill it via the YouTube backend so now it’s down to lock down the os and browsers as much as possible to keep feeding people the juicy ads.
asparagapple@lemmy.world 4 days ago
HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I don’t see how the DMA would cause this other than Google preemptively setting themselves up for malicious compliance. The whole point of the DMA seems to be to give users choice not take it away.
Xatolos@reddthat.com 4 days ago
DMA is only partly for choice.
commission.europa.eu/…/digital-services-act_en
This is also huge part of it about being able to “prevent illegal” content.
“easier reporting of illegal content” “less exposure to illegal content” “level-playing field against providers of illegal content”
This will help give paper trails for everything, and that allows for easy reporting which is the bigger part of the DMA.
Mavytan@feddit.nl 4 days ago
I think you’re on point with the malicious compliance. Google doesn’t want to give up power and control. Requiring all installations to run through them seems to be their workaround.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
This is bigger than “just” Revanced though. It is about using any open source software that could replace a Google app and losen Google’s grip on your data.
pfr@lemmy.sdf.org 4 days ago
It’s time to start self hosting your own services people!
Sneptaur@pawb.social 4 hours ago
I been doin it for years already!! It’s easy to just set up a 4-bay NAS with docker containers running apps that replace your existing cloud services
jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah, but that doesn’t help if you can’t make apps that support the hosted services. Google is trying to have complete ownership of what runs on your phone.
pfr@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
Gotta buy a different phone then